Friday 21 June 2013, 9.30AM
Speaker(s): Keynote Speakers: Chris Woolgar (University of Southampton), Nicky Hallett (University of Sheffield) and Matthew Milner (McGill University)
Religion has always been characterised as much by embodied experience as by abstract theological dispute. From the sounds of the adhān (the Islamic call to prayer), to the smell of incense in the Hindu Pūjā (a ritual offering to the deities), the visual emblem of the cross in the Christian tradition, and the ascetic practices of Theravada Buddhism, sensation is integral to a range of devotional practices. At the same time, the history of many faiths is characterised by an intense suspicion of the senses and the pleasures they offer.
Conference Organisers: Robin Macdonald, Emilie Murphy, and Elizabeth Swann.
Link to Conference website: http://www.york.ac.uk/crems/events/sensingthesacred/
Location: HRC, Berrick Saul building
Email: sensingthesacred@york.ac.uk